Ambaṭṭhasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Dīghanikāya · Sīlakkhandhavagga · Vol. 9 · Section 146

[146] "But, Ambaṭṭha, how have the Sakyans wronged you?" "Worthy Gotama, on one occasion I went to Kapilavatthu on some business of my teacher, the brahmin Pokkharasāti, and I approached the assembly hall (santhāgāra) of the Sakyans. Now at that time many Sakyans and Sakyan princes were sitting on high seats in the assembly hall, poking one another with their fingers, laughing and sporting together — indeed, I think, laughing at none other than myself — and no one even invited me to a seat. Worthy Gotama, this is neither fitting nor proper: that these Sakyans, being menials (ibbha), remaining menials, do not honor brahmins, do not respect brahmins, do not esteem brahmins, do not venerate brahmins, and do not show deference to brahmins." Thus for a second time the student Ambaṭṭha hurled at the Sakyans the charge of being menials.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.